Joy Zemel Long
- Actress
Joy Zemel Long born 1922 in West Vancouver BC - resides in West
Vancouver BC Joy Zemel Long attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in
Montreal and the Vancouver School of Art back in BC. Her work is based
in a solid tradition of French painting reaching back to
Post-Impressionism. Her work is based on the figure and is set in
domestic situations invoking Matisse and Vuillard. She also absorbed
the influences of Pop and hard edge painting in the 1960's. Her works
address mother and daughter relationships, domesticity, her Jewish
heritage and the life which surrounds her seaside home in West
Vancouver. She has exhibited widely in the US and Canada including
Lucien Labaudt Gallery in San Franciso; the Park Gallery in San
Francisco; the New Design Gallery in Vancouver and the Burnaby Art
Gallery.